Anti virus

Anti virus

Software applications for preventing, detecting, and removing malware, including computer viruses, worms, and trojan horses.

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Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts the hard drive of the PC that it infects. The hacker then extorts money from the PC's owner in exchange for decryption software to make the PC's data ...

Programme infector

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A programme infector virus infects other programme files once an infected application is executed and the activated virus is loaded into memory.

Pretty good privacy (PGP)

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It is considered the strongest programme for encrypting data files and/or email messages on PCs and Macintosh computers. PGP includes authentication to verify the sender of a message and ...

Master boot sector

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The master boot sector is the first sector of a hard disk. This sector is located at sector 1, head 0, track 0. The sector contains the master boot record. Also see: master boot record.

Master boot record (MBR)

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The master boot record (MBR) is the 340-byte programme located in the master boot sector. This programme reads the partition table, determines what partition to boot, and transfers control to the ...

Mapped drives

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Mapped drives are network drives assigned local drive letters that are locally accessible. For example, the directory path \\MAIN\JohnDoe\ might be mapped as drive G: on a computer.